This week, Steven is joined by Steven Lee, an educator and expert witness with an extensive background in the financial services world. They discuss why advisors need to focus on quality client outcomes instead of just clever marketing and why someone might call an expert witness when those lines get blurred. Steven and Steven share some of their favorite analogies for explaining tax concepts and the importance of prioritizing effective communication with clients, especially on tax topics.

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This week, Steven is joined by Shelby Nicholl, founder of Muriel Consulting, to provide insight on how advisors can think about the firm structure they find themselves in and the key factors to consider when confronted with the question "should I stay or should I go". Like so many other areas, taxes is "a" consideration, not "the" consideration, so Shelby and Steven discuss the realities of tax planning in different-sized firms and what advisors can do to advocate for change without making a move. Shelby is also a sponsor for the 2025 Summit and has generously offered all of our listeners a free self-evaluation that can help identify the pros and cons of their current setup, which can be downloaded at retirementtaxservices.com/shelby.

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This week, we take a break from technical tax and dive into a question that Steven gets all the time: "How do I use tax topics to get new clients?". Joining Steven to cover this topic is Hilary Gale, founder of Moneta Copy, a marketing agency focused on helping financial advisors. Steven and Hilary discuss how their own marketing efforts produce results and give tangible suggestions that advisors can put into practice to accelerate growth and get stuff done in the real world.